The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In fact, the percentage of firms identifying themselves as data-driven had declined over the past three years, from 37% in 2017 to 31% in 2019 ( source ). Without real transparency: Reps waste valuable time hunting for information. Reps also devote 19% of their day on average searching for information ( source ).

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Xactly

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Companies need to track metrics that provide valuable information that can be used to strengthen sales planning. But to start, consider the following metrics in your sales performance analysis: Quota attainment: In 2017, the average quota attainment was 55 percent and this number is continuing to fall (yikes!).

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Predictions for the impact of AI, the authors state, suggest a doubling of the economic growth of developed countries between 2017 and 2035, potentially adding $7.4 What are the incentives for B2B companies to invest in AI (other than their competitors may be doing so)? trillion to the U.S. economy alone. AI’s Infancy.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

Get the results of our 2017 Growth Drivers Report here. Get the insights from our 2017 Growth Drivers Report. Learn high-growth secrets in our 2017 Growth Drivers Report. Find out more in our 2017 Growth Drivers Report. See surprising results from our 2017 Growth Drivers Report. ” So we did.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 16, 2020

people in 2017. You’re working in a climate where products are complex, there is a ton of information available to prospects, and your product likely competes or needs to integrate with a variety of other third party technologies. They can look up information on a specific feature or question while you clarify the reason behind an ask.

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Xactly

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Public companies have been under compliance since December 2017, and the implementation date for privately held organizations is quickly approaching (December 15, 2018). You can find additional information on the Revenue Recognition Requirement changes here ). ASC 606 (IFRS 15) is well underway.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Improve employee and customer satisfaction Training gives salespeople useful sales skills and the guidelines and information that can improve their interactions with customers, as a result leading to greater customer satisfaction. Creating bite-sized training can align with our brain’s natural ability and allow us to retain more information.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Getting into the swing of 2017, your company is ready to be liberated from the ancient tools handicapping your sales efforts to a mindbendingly slow pace. In the past, this was built into their spreadsheet system in a very complicated formula and tracked manually, but it was not a necessary piece of the incentive compensation process.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

While they may not use the term “sales enablement,” sales leaders want a system that enables their sales team to sell more in less time, but they also require a system that provides easy access to the information needed to manage the business. In turn, these benefits lead to greater incentives to use the CRM system, reversing the cycle.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Radford Perspectives: Technology and Life Science sectors' Talent and rewards trends in 2017 and beyond. Her firm, re:Think Consulting, provides market pay information and designs base salary structures, incentive plans, career paths and their implementation plans. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.

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Allbound

OCTOBER 17, 2018

times shorter, according to a 2017 Aberdeen Group Research Study on channel partner marketing and sales. Also, because a PRM solution is cloud-based, there is no end to the amount of content it can hold—from news and new product information to marketing materials, technical documentation, incentives, and more.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In a study of the top 100 SaaS companies , Drift discovered the number of mandatory fields are rising on demo request forms “from an average of 6 mandatory fields in 2017 to an average of 7 in 2018.”. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time. Third, do you want your reps even calling bad fit leads?

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

While they may not use the term “sales enablement,” sales leaders want a system that enables their sales team to sell more in less time, but they also require a system that provides easy access to the information needed to manage the business. In turn, these benefits lead to greater incentives to use the CRM system, reversing the cycle.

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OpenSymmetry

JULY 15, 2015

This year’s edition features organizations that expand across the broad spectrum of the SPM and Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) continuum and offers options to help provide transparency across the entire organization for sales related processes. Candidate Assessment and On-Boarding. Coaching and Training.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She got her bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Technology from BYU-Idaho and has been working in cyber security since then. Samuel has been very interested in programming ever since and has graduated with a degree in the subject in 2017. Sarah is married to her high school sweetheart and has a five-month-old baby boy.

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They use independent websites for model comparisons and reviews, and car-manufacturer sites for detailed model information and videos. When they do visit dealer websites, they’re typically looking for specific vehicles and information about local inventory. Coming back to the website and consuming information there multiple times.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 18, 2019

That marked an impressive uplift from the 2017 figures of 46% and 9%, respectively. They're offered a valuable incentive to share it with others. New users sign up, see the incentive for themselves, and share with their networks. But their incentive? Viral loops. They accept and share with their network. The result?

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Xactly

AUGUST 1, 2018

A strong incentive plan drives sales behaviors that help companies grow and achieve their goals. Successful sales compensation plans require a balance between motivating incentives and revenue-driving factors, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be a stressful, time-consuming task. We are working on FY19 now.”.

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Xactly

JUNE 14, 2018

Traditionally, SPM has been synonymous with incentive compensation management (ICM). Using manual forms of incentive compensation management, companies were left with static data that is more of a problem than a solution. SPM solutions have been shown to help companies better manage their sales performance and incentive compensation.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Know what to Include in a Sales Incentive Plan. This is what the person would be paid annually and it has two elements; a base salary and a sales incentive held against sales, also known as variable pay. NOTE: We recommend refraining from calling any sales incentives a bonus. Determine Total On-Target Earnings (OTE).

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Shadow accounting is a practice in which individual sales reps keep track of their own deals and incentive-based compensation, typically to ensure that their compensation will be accurate. Look no further than the 2017 Oracle lawsuit , in which the technology company was sued for $150 million over clawed back sales wages.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

These incentives demonstrate the level of commitment Mailchimp has towards the success of their clients. On top of being more risk-averse and informed than ever before, the modern customer also has vastly different expectations of the type of support and value they receive from a brand. Image Source.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

All you have to do is create perfectly targeted content, stay informed on email best practices, drive more engagement quarter over quarter, spend less money, oh, and do all of this with less time. So 2016, we kind of finished a reorg, 2017 we hit the ground running, saw really tremendous growth in 2017. Sales enablement is easy.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2021

With that information in mind, you can get a better picture of what kind of hires you can make for a given territory — if you need to make any at all. Compensation is the ultimate incentive. Editor's note: This post was originally published in September 2017 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.

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OpenSymmetry

MARCH 30, 2017

A lack of clear, timely communication prevents a relational safety net from forming — so if a new incentive compensation plan is rolled out and salespeople don’t like it, you may have to do some major disaster recovery. The point is not to make salespeople happy , but rather to make sure they are informed.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

The Gumroad example is clustered around the $1 – 6 range, covering information products in a particular marketplace, with its own culture and expectations. There’s a lot going on with the psychology of pricing, so how do you crystallize all this information into a practical pricing strategy? Don’t just price your product at $4.99

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LeadFuze

JUNE 3, 2021

In 2017, they found that 81% of the respondents have already adopted ABM strategies. If, for example, they inform you that one of the kids is asthmatic and has reactions to the scent of mint, you’ll make sure not to use cleaning products based on that ingredient. SiriusDecisions conducts a yearly survey to evaluate the state of ABM.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

This information is not only valuable to Marketing and Sales, but it will also understand what types of customers should be added to your CRM down the line — and what types you shouldn't add. Almost every CRM will let you bring in this information by uploading a CSV file. Integrate your other tools.

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Nutshell

APRIL 17, 2020

Nutshell has been based out of the Cahoots co-working space in downtown Ann Arbor since the end of 2017, and we decided that holding it in the Cahoots event space would be ideal, even if we didn’t have a live audience. Still, Mike felt that we needed some kind of early registration incentive, to build up our attendee list right away.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. Yeah, sales SaaS got out of hand in 2017. 1 Best Seller.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Today on the show we’ve got Ryan Walsh, founder and CEO of a company called RepVue, a place where you can get objective third-party information. Actually, it’s first party, objective information from reps themselves about how much people make at different companies. Before we get there, we have two sponsors.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

The Gumroad example is clustered around the $1 – 6 range, covering information products in a particular marketplace, with its own culture and expectations. There’s a lot going on with the psychology of pricing, so how do you crystallize all this information into a practical pricing strategy? Don’t just price your product at $4.99

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

The B2B crowd love how-to information and trend data. When creating content, focus on insight backed by data, or actionable how-to information. For more information on generating killer headlines, check out Buffer’s complete guide. Information that you are qualified to provide. Ask your audience. Find editors.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 17, 2021

It’s a wealth of information mostly having to do with online contests. How to Run a Contest: Step by Step (Updated 2017) courtesy of Wishpond. There are tons of great resources online showing how to run a great contest. I’ll link to a few updated favorites. The RaffleCopter Blog. Using Scarcity the Right Way.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

You may want to consider including salary information in your job description. Consider offering a referral bonus as an incentive.). Check-in questions to see if you’re confused or need additional information. Editor's note: This post was originally published in September 2017 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

employees worked remotely for at least part of the time in 2017, up from only 23% in 2003. Micro-learning is often focused on one topic or problem, and it is easily searchable so employees can find information on the right topic at the right time. Here are key sales training techniques to consider: E-learning. Over 40% of U.S.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

employees worked remotely for at least part of the time in 2017, up from only 23% in 2003. Micro-learning is often focused on one topic or problem, and it is easily searchable so employees can find information on the right topic at the right time. Here are key sales training techniques to consider: E-learning. Over 40% of U.S.

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